What started as a low-key gathering in north Minneapolis more than 30 years ago has become a bustling event drawing thousands of people to the North Side.

“The history of Juneteenth has grown,” said Twin Cities Juneteenth president Mary Pargo.

“There’s something about the legacy being bestowed upon the younger people that makes this really special,” said Pargo, who has volunteered with the organization for more than 15 years. “Juneteenth is something to be proud of.”

Karen Zamora is a Southern California native who joined the paper in 2014 after graduating from Texas State University in San Marcos.

A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of new Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who immediately used his restored authority to pull the state out of a multistate challenge to the Affordable Care Act.